Менсфілд Парк

Chapter X

           Norrispresentedthemselvesatthetop,justreadyforthewilderness,attheendofanhourandahalffromtheirleavingthehouse.Mrs.Norrishadbeentoowellemployedtomovefaster.Whatevercross-accidentshadoccurredtointerceptthepleasuresofhernieces,shehadfoundamorningofcompleteenjoyment;forthehousekeeper,afteragreatmanycourtesiesonthesubjectofpheasants,hadtakenhertothedairy,toldherallabouttheircows,andgivenherthereceiptforafamouscreamcheese;andsinceJulia’sleavingthemtheyhadbeenmetbythegardener,withwhomshehadmadeamostsatisfactoryacquaintance,forshehadsethimrightastohisgrandson’sillness,convincedhimthatitwasanague,andpromisedhimacharmforit;andhe,inreturn,hadshewnherallhischoicestnurseryofplants,andactuallypresentedherwithaverycuriousspecimenofheath.

           Onthisrencontretheyallreturnedtothehousetogether,theretoloungeawaythetimeastheycouldwithsofas,andchit-chat,andQuarterlyReviews,tillthereturnoftheothers,andthearrivalofdinner.ItwaslatebeforetheMissBertramsandthetwogentlemencamein,andtheirrambledidnotappeartohavebeenmorethanpartiallyagreeable,oratallproductiveofanythingusefulwithregardtotheobjectoftheday.Bytheirownaccountstheyhadbeenallwalkingaftereachother,andthejunctionwhichhadtakenplaceatlastseemed,toFanny’sobservation,tohavebeenasmuchtoolateforre-establishingharmony,asitconfessedlyhadbeenfordeterminingonanyalteration.Shefelt,asshelookedatJuliaandMr.

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